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title	slug	page-type	browser-compat
FileSystemFileEntry	Web/API/FileSystemFileEntry	web-api-interface	api.FileSystemFileEntry

{{APIRef("File and Directory Entries API")}}

The FileSystemFileEntry interface of the File and Directory Entries API represents a file in a file system. It offers properties describing the file's attributes, as well as the {{domxref("FileSystemFileEntry.file", "file()")}} method, which creates a {{domxref("File")}} object that can be used to read the file.

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Instance properties

Inherits the properties of its parent interface, {{domxref("FileSystemEntry")}}, but has no properties unique to this interface.

Instance methods

• {{domxref("FileSystemFileEntry.createWriter", "createWriter()")}} {{deprecated_inline}} {{non-standard_inline}}
  • : Returns a {{domxref("FileWriter")}} object which can be used to write data into the file represented by the directory entry.
• {{domxref("FileSystemFileEntry.file", "file()")}}
  • : Creates a new {{domxref("File")}} object which can be used to read the file.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• File and Directory Entries API